Recipe#9244

Title: Bread Pudding 45

Date: 7 Feb 1998 17:59:43 -0800 
 From: Tzigane tzi1@slosh.com 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Bread Pudding 

8 oz (225 g) bread, either brown or white, crusts removed
 1/2 pt (10 fl oz, 275 ml) milk
 2 oz (50 g) butter, melted
 3 oz Soft brown sugar
 2 Level teaspoons mixed spice (recipe below)
 1 Egg, beaten
 6 oz (175 g) mixed fruit: currants, raisins, sultanas (golden raisins),
   candied peel
 Grated rind of half an orange
 Freshly grated nutmeg
  
 Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease a 2-2 1/2 pint baking dish
 (1.25-1.5 litre).  Break the bread into suitable-sized pieces and
 place them in a bowl. Pour over the milk, then give the mixture a
 good stir and leave for about 30 minutes so that the bread becomes
 well soaked with the milk.  Now add the melted butter, sugar, mixed
 spice and beaten egg. Using a fork, beat the mixture well, making
 sure that no lumps remain, then stir in the mixed fruit and orange
 rind. Spread in the baking dish, sprinkle with nutmeg and bake for
 about 1 1/4 hours.  Delicious hot or cold!
 Mixed Spice
 1 Cinnamon stick (3"), broken in small pieces
 2 1/2 tsp. Allspice berries
 1 Tbsp. Whole cloves
 2 tsp. Freshly grated nutmeg
 1 Tbsp. Ground ginger 
  
 Using a coffee grinder or blender, process cinnamon, allspice
 berries and cloves until very finely ground. Add to freshly grated
 nutmeg and ginger and mix well. Store in a small, airtight jar up
 to 3 months.